Friday, April 4, 2008

Hearts of Space


Do you like ambient, new age, meditative music? Well, I've got a real good recommendation for you. Try Hearts of Space.

I discovered HOS in 1991 when I was living in Ranch in N. Potomac, MD. One late Friday night, I just happened to have the radio on in the living room, and it just happened to be on the right channel, when suddenly HOS began playing. I must have liked it because I tuned in every week since then. The channel was WGMS 90.9 at 11 PM on Fridays.

For the next few years, I bought a few one hour tapes and recorded the show every week. Not every one I kept because I didn't like every single show, but overall it's a great program. I did not record while I was in Taiwan for two years. When I came back and briefly stayed in Los Angeles, I started recording again (luckily they aired there, too - it's a national radio program).

Once back here, I noticed that HOS was not one that original radio station anymore. So, I wrote a letter to the radio station program manager. They put it back on for me, albeit this time on Sunday nights. It was on for a few years and then they dropped it again.

I haven't recorded for a while until I found out that they streamed their music on the Internet. They used to stream their weekly program all week, but now they limit it to Sundays only.

They have their radio like show, and their weekly program.

If you like ambient and space music, and generally music from other countries, then try HOS. Their website is www.hos.com. Listen in on Sundays. Highly rated.

Thanks for the music all these years, HOS!